Beans

Today I did calendar time and then proceeded to help students with worksheets and then work in small reading groups. I've found the best way for me to encourage them is by giving big high-fives. They find it funny when they smack my hand as hard as they can. Along with intelligence the kids are also full of sweetness. A little boy came up to me and told me I was pretty. It was such a nice thing to say, and it made me smile. I told him he was handsome. the teacher showed me a method of counting to a specific number using different combinations of numbers. Use beans that a green on one side and white on the other. If you're counting to 4 you can have 2 white and 2 green, or 3 white and 1 green, and so on. It's a cool way for the kids to learn different ways to count to 4. I learn something new every day.